6 papers
An Ergonomic, Customizable Soft Robotic Glove toward Personalized Hand Rehabilitation
Rui Chen, Firman Isma Serdana, Domenico Chiaradia +11
Hand impairment following neurological disorders substantially limits independence in activities of daily living, motivating the development of effective assistive and rehabilitati…
A wearable haptic device for edge and surface simulation
Rui Chen, Xianlong Mai, Alireza Sanaei +3
Object manipulation is fundamental to virtual reality (VR) applications, yet conventional fingertip haptic devices fail to render certain tactile features relevant for immersive an…
Geometry-based pneumatic actuators for soft robotics
Rui Chen, Daniele Leonardis, Domenico Chiaradia +1
Soft pneumatic actuators enable safe human-machine interaction with lightweight and powerful applied parts. On the other side, they suffer design limitations as regards complex act…
Design and Characterization of a Dual-DOF Soft Shoulder Exosuit with Volume-Optimized Pneumatic Actuator
Rui Chen, Domenico Chiaradia, Daniele Leonardis +1
Portable pneumatic systems for 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) soft shoulder exosuits remain underexplored, and face fundamental trade-offs between torque output and dynamic response tha…
HapMorph: A Pneumatic Framework for Multi-Dimensional Haptic Property Rendering
Rui Chen, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli +1
Haptic interfaces that can simultaneously modulate multiple physical properties remain a fundamental challenge in human-robot interaction. Existing systems typically allow the rend…
A Soft Fabric-Based Thermal Haptic Device for VR and Teleoperation
Rui Chen, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli +1
This paper presents a novel fabric-based thermal-haptic interface for virtual reality and teleoperation. It integrates pneumatic actuation and conductive fabric with an innovative…